Gordon Desires Break
With Major League
Joe Gordon, former University of
Oregon baseball star, and one of
the all-time great second basemen
of the major leagues announced
Monday that he has no desire to re
turn for another season with the
Cleveland Indians.
Gordon, who operates a hard
ware store in downtown Eugene,
explained that there were no diffi
culties between himself and the In
dians, but that he preferred to play
with a Pacific Coast League Club
in order to be nearer his home.
“The Portland Beavers would be
my choice,” the former Webfoot
said, “But that would have to de
pend on what kind of offer they
gave me. Sure I’ll lose money in the
exchange, but that doesn’t enter in
to the situation,” he said.
Portland General Manager Bill
Mulligan said he definitely was in
terested in sgning Gordon if the
one time Yankee flash could get his
release from Cleveland.
The Indians earlier expressed a
desire to keep the Gordon-Lou
Boudrou double play combo intact,
and have not as yet taken action to
release Gordon. The second base
man therefore is not free to make a
deal with any club, and he is not
Sports Shorts
PORTLAND, Ore. (UP) Coach
es of the Northwest Conference to
day selected an All-Star football
team from their own talent after a
meeting to discuss sectional sports
problems.
The team:
Ends: Drew Miller, Whitman;
Art Baake,Lewis & Clark. Tackles:
.Willard Stephens, L & C; Bob Ma
igette, Pacific. Guards: Joe Cald
well, College of Idaho; Le Roy
("amble, Pacific. Center: John
dubb, Pacific. Backs: John Baxter,
.Whitman; Tom Winbigler, C of I;
Stan Russell, Pacific; Reuben
Baish, L & C.
LOS ANGELES—(TIP)—Form
er wrestler George Zaharias, 40,
was jailed on a drunk charge today
and freed on $20 bail.
Police said his auto smashed in
to two parked cars near his home
in West Los Angeles. When he was
booked at Venice jail, he gave his
■ occupation as wrestling promoter.
The one time contender for the
World’s Heavyweight Wrestling
Title, known in the ling as “The
('tying Greek from Cripple Creek,”
ia the husband of famed woman
athlete Mildred (Babe) Didrikson.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (UP)—Ken
Carpenter, ace Oregon State Col
lege halfback, said he will accept n
bid to play for the West in the An
nual Shrine East-West All-Star
Game in San Francisco.
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“Its a privilege to play football
for such a worthy cause,” said Car
penter. whose grid exploits helped
the Beavers to one of their most
successful seasons in many years.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28 -
(X.1P i Add the Press Club Bowl to
the growing1 list of post-season
football games.
The game, to be played Jan. 2 at
Ke/ar stadium will match the Col
lege of Pacific and Villanova if
present negotiations are successful.
I,eo Bee, president of the San
Francisco Press Club said he ex
pected to hear from Villanova late
tonight. Their board of athletic
control was to vote on the invita
tion extended on behalf of COP.
Bee said COP is eager to play a
representative "major" team in
San Francisco since the Tigers ap
parently aren't going to get a bowl
bid.
Bee said he didn't feel the game
ould interfere with the Shrine
ast-West game on Dec. 31 be
cause it was already a sell out.
interested in being swapped to
some PCC Club.
If Cleveland is reluctant to re
lease him, and since he does not
want to be involved in a trade, Gor
don’s decision in such a case is not
clear. When questioned Monday
night, “Flash” had no comment on
the matter.
The 34-year-old infielder paced
Oregon diamond teams in 1934 and
1935, before joining the Oakland
Acorns of the PCL. He went up to
the Yankees in 1938 from Newark,
where he anchored the keystone
sack until the close of the 1946 sea-.
son when he went to Cleveland in a
swap for Allie Reynolds.
Aiken Starts!
Speech Tourl
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Jim Aiken, head coach of the
Oregon Webfoots, left the Oregon
campus yesterday on a tour of
Northwest alumni groups and high
school gatherings throughout the
states of Washington and Oregon.
The Duck boss went to Portland
yesterday where he was the guest
speaker at a noon luncheon before
the Duck Club, then enplaned to
Seattle where he addressed the lo-1
cal alumni organization last night.
Ho planned to return by plane to
Portland where he was scheduled
to speak at a football banquet at
Cleveland High School tonight.
After the Cleveland engagement,
Aiken will again return to the air
planes to Walla Walla, Washing
ton, where he will be guest of honor
at tlie Whitman College banquet
Wednesday night. After the gath
ering, the Wobfoot mentor will re
turn to Eugene where he will be the
guest speaker at the Eugene High
School Gridders’ banquet.
East-West
Stars Picked
NEW YORK—(UP)—A total of
23 college football stars, 19 of them
from the East, were selected today
to play in the 25th East-West
Shrine Game at San Francisco on
Dec. 31.
The teams include three All
Americans with the possibility of
more to come because no Notre
Dame players have been named
yet. The Irish, undefeated in 37
games, do not conclude their sea
son until Saturday when they play
Southern Methodist.
WEST TEAM
Selected on the West team are
Doak Walker, All American back
from SMU, Jim Powers of South
ern California, Ken Carpenter of
Oregon State and Tom Novak of
Nebraska. The remainder of the
West squad will be announced later.
EAST TEAM
Members of the East team
named already are backs Lynn
Chandnois of Michigan State, Art
Murakowski of Northwestern,
Harry Szulborski of Purdue, Wally
Teninga, and Dick Kempthorne of
Michigan, Hillary Chollet and Pete
Dorset of Cornell, Herb Carey of
Dartmouth and Phil Ryan of Navy.
Eastern linemen already chosen
are All Americans Clayton Tonne
maker of Minnesota and Ed Bag
don of Michigan State, Tom Howe
of Dartmouth, Don Mason of Michi
gan State, John Scliweder of Penn,
Howard Houston of Harvard, Ernie
Stautner of Boston College, Jerry
Walters of Brown, Lou Karos of
Purdue and Joe Kelly of Wisconsin.
The game was shifted from Jan.
2 to Dec. 31 to allow players and
coaches to see the Rose Bowl Game
between California and Ohio State.
DATE CHANGED
The “regular" Shrine East-West
coaches were all set today to
handle the 48 stars who will com
pete in the annual classic on Dec.
31.
With nearly all the major bowl
teams selected, Managing Director
Bill Coffman announced that his
coaching lineup, as previously hop
ed for, would stand as follows:
COACHING STAFF
East—Andy Kerr, Lebanon Val
ley; Bernie Bierman, Minnesota;
Tuss McLaughry, Dartmouth.
West—Jeff Cravath, University
of Southern California; Matty Bell,
Southern Methodist; and Don Far
out, Missouri.
SPORTS STAFF
Ray Alpeter.
Dave Taylor.
Sam Fidman.
Clyde Fahlman.
John Barton.
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Warren's 1950 cage quintet, is slated to see a lot of action when the
Duck hoopsters take to the maples this weekend. The Webfoots open
the season Dec. 2 against Utah and take on Utah State the following
night. Both games will be played in Salt Lake City.
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